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1/22/2021

River floods may cause diseases. Describe a disease which may be spread by a river flooding

  • Cholera spreads when sanitation is poor
  • Organisms from sewage find their way into drinking water
  • It is caught by eating or drinking something that has been contaminated by the waste of a person who has Cholera
  • Causes diarrhoea, violent vomiting, and cramp
  • The victim loses liquid causing dehydration
  • The disease can kill but only if not treated straight away.
  • The only thing to stop the spread of Cholera is Education